Tuesday, March 25, 2014

While watching her brothers find their happily ever afters, Abbey dreams of falling in love. Smart, fun, and sexy, Abbey is also independent and works hard alongside her brother, Kyle. When Kyle joins his business ventures with his wife’s cousins, Jason and Damon, Abbey struggles with keeping things professional.

Jason is instantly enamored with Abbey, and he becomes determined to win her over. Although she does not want to mix business with pleasure, he uses his good looks and sweet charm to work his way into her heart. All the while, Abbey begins building a friendship with a neighborhood child, Pearl. Abbey’s heart warms to Pearl, and their friendship quickly blossoms into a loving relationship.

Can Abbey find a way balance her growing feelings for Jason and her need to take care of Pearl? Or will Abbey need to sacrifice one relationship for the sake of the other?

Alicia Rae is a Contemporary Romance Author who lives in Dekalb, Illinois, with her husband and three beautiful boys. Alicia has a passion for reading all types of romance, writing to bring a story to life, and photography.

Thank you to my dear sister, Kels, who showed me a few years ago how much I truly missed reading. And to my loving husband, for not throwing away my Nook, and planting the seed of writing into my mind. I am forever grateful. Xo

Readers, words cannot thank you enough for supporting me along this incredible journey. I hope you enjoy my novels as much as I do writing them. I thank each and every one of you.

Monday, March 24, 2014

Today I have a super awesome post for you all! We all know and love the fabulous Shelly Crane. So I'm excited to not only unveil and introduce her latest book in the Devoured Series, but also new cover designs on the first two books in the series!!

Altered (Devoured Series Book 3)

by Shelly Crane

~ Altered (Devoured #3) Synopsis ~

Enoch is tested.

His brother is human, the thing he hates. He watches as the brother he knew is stripped away by his love for Clara. He's never hated someone as much as he hated her...but the bond forced him to not only want to protect her, but feel things he never had before.

When a girl needs his help, that split second decision changes his whole world in one instant. A Devourer's Fate...

~ Altered (Devoured #3) Excerpts ~

Excerpt One

“It’s cold,” I
lied. It was cold, but that was absolutely not the reason for the goose
flesh. He knew it and I knew it. And I hated it. I didn’t like for people to
get under my skin. It made me feel too vulnerable, like they had power over me.
When they had power, they could hurt you, leave you, die and leave you
destroyed. I wasn't up for any more of that. Except for Clara; she
was already attached to me and I owed it to her.

He looked over.
Even in the dark with barely any light being provided from the streetlamps, I
could see his purple eyes searching mine. “Just help me and then you never have
to see me again.”

It was almost like
he could tell what I’d been thinking about.

Excerpt Two

I fed on her terror
and fright and it tasted like heaven in my mouth. But as I looked down at that
woman who had just given herself to me, and I hadn’t even had to persuade her
to, it washed over me all at once how I didn’t really want to hurt her. That I
wanted to hurt people, but not her. Not really. I had gotten everything I
needed from her without doing that, hadn’t I? I was full and sated. Now I was
just letting my true nature take over, letting the Devourer in me take over.

But wasn’t that
what I was supposed to do? I looked down at that woman and was so confused. I
cursed Clara and Eli and all their love and human bullcrap for turning me into
the thing that I was now.

No. I realized then
that this was my turning point. That if I let this girl go, that I would be
just like my brother one day and that wasn’t what I wanted. I was not going to
be some human. I was a Devourer. My chin ached from clenching it so tightly. I
turned my glare fully on her and knew that honestly it wasn’t her fault, but
she was about to pay the price for my brother’s mistake.

“I’m sorry, love.”
I lifted her by her arms and then leaned into her, pressing her to the wall.

“For what?” her
small voice asked, falsely reassured by my about-face. “What are you doing to
me?”

“I’m sorry that our
night is just beginning.”

She seemed to
understand and her face crumpled. “Please. I’m sorry for whatever I said to—”

“It’s not you,” I
grinned as evilly as I could muster, “it’s me.”

~ Devour (Devoured #1) Synopsis ~

Clara has it all. A wrestling star boyfriend, popular friends, all the right school activities...pretty much a perfect life...up until her parents died. Now she lives with the Pastor and his family and though they take good care of her, she feels alone. Then her boyfriend, Tate, starts to show signs of trouble when a new guy, Eli, comes to town. Clara is fascinated with him but hides it until something happens. Eli confesses to her that she gives him something he's never had before...something he needs. Everything is about to change for this normal pretty popular girl in a supernatural way.

~ Consume (Devoured #2) Synopsis ~

Eli and Clara's story continues as she tries to finish high school. Eli is as over protective as ever and Tate and his group of friends are no help. They wait for the Horde, always looking over their shoulder. But the ever annoying but strangely prophetic bird begins to become more of a chatter box and Eli learns something that could change some things. Not just for him and Clara, but Devourers everywhere.

Then an unexpectedness guest comes forcing Eli to flee with Clara, leaving her temporary family behind. She is thrown into his world of underground 'traitors' and learns much of his past. They meet many new people and creatures along the way to freedom. But when tragedy strikes the two, will Clara see the monster in Eli? Can she handle his strange world and awful past? Will one of them lose their life forever...

~ About the Author ~

Shelly is a NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY bestselling YA author from a small town in Georgia and loves everything about the south. She is wife to a fantastical husband and stay at home mom to two boisterous and mischievous boys who keep her on her toes. She loves paperbacks, coffee, and candy corn, and to spend time with her family and friends, go out to eat at new restaurants and site see in the new areas they travel to, listen to music and also LOVES to read.

Her own books happen by accident and she revels in the writing and imagination process. She doesn't go anywhere without her notepad for fear of an idea creeping up and not being able to write it down immediately, even in the middle of the night, where her best ideas are born.

Promise Me This Synopsis:

Welcome to the South—where the tea is sweet and the accents are sweeter. This Southern way of life is all Charlie has ever known. It’s not until she loses the only person who pushed her to break free of the Southern Belle mold that she starts living the life she needs and not the life her parents forced on her.

Jhett has lived on the edge for as long as he could remember - constantly teetering back and forth between being a rock star and living a normal life. His rebellious and sometimes arrogant attitude is known to get him into trouble, especially with the girls who hang on his every move.

Charlie never thought that a trip to pack up her brother’s apartment would leave her feeling even more unsettled about the grainy details of her brother’s death. Her quest for information leads her straight to his old hangout and into arms of Jhett, who suspiciously knows more about her situation than he ever should.

Only a few questions remain: Can you trust someone based on their word alone? And if you make a promise, how far will you go to keep it?

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Promise Me Forever Synopsis:

Charlie Jennings and Jhett Hudson knew that a single moment could change everything.

It took them one song to find each other, one question to give them a chance, one kiss to fall in love, and one night to almost lose it all. But they had one thing other couples lack—pure, unconditional love—and that takes more than a moment to walk away from.

Falling in love is only the beginning. Forever is what happens next.

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My Review:Promise Me Forever

In Sarah Ashley Jones's first book, Promise Me Forever, we meet Charlie and Jhett. Charlie has just lost her brother and has flown out to his apartment in California to pack up his belongings. But soon she meets Jhett and her life changes dramatically.

No spoilers: Sarah has blown me away with this story of love, lost, redemption, and acceptance. I loved the way this story unfolded seamlessly around these characters and I was routing for them to get their Happily Ever After (which thank goodness, FINALLY comes in Promise Me Forever). I was left boo-hooing through the end of this book and lingering on these characters in my thoughts for days after being done.

I was lucky enough to read both Promise Me This and Promise Me Forever back-to-back. If you've not read either, I suggest you do it this way too! Sarah does leave you hanging at the end of book 1!

Either way, this book and the subsequent novella will engage and touch you! Pick up your copies today!!

Tens List:

Ten people who influenced you to become an author

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

My Mom - My
mother has always been the first person to push me to follow my crazy dreams
and writing a book was definitely ones of those dreams. She played a huge part
in actually getting Promise Me This
published and I would probably never have finished if it wasn't for her.

Amy Bartol -
Everything she writes I find myself continuously thinking 'I want to be like
her someday.' She's my inspiration - my who I want to be when I grow up. :P

Mrs. Washer - My
first grade teacher. I remember she would have these blank little booklets made
up for us to make up our own stories and illustrate them when we were done with
work or during free time and I would try and finish my work earlier so I could
go digging through them to find one I wanted to use. They were cut out into
different shapes like apple barrels, trees, cats, dogs, etc. She was also one
of the most encouraging ladies I have ever met in my life. Truly an amazing
person and teacher.

Tess Watson - She
happened to be there since day one when I said 'I think I'm going to try and
write a book.' And I sent her all my crazy first ideas and then all the words
that started Promise Me This until
the very end. She always told me KEEP GOING. So I did. LOL.

Person on my blog - Once upon a time, for a hot minute, I was a
book blogger. And someone commented on my blog that I should write my own book
because she read my About Me section and from that alone, she could tell she
would love my writing style. That was the very
first seed planting in my head of 'maybeeeeeee I should try and write a book.'

Tina Reber - This
lovely lady was who introduced me to Self-Publishing. I found her books through
Amazon suggestions on my Kindle and she was the first author who I saw included
a Facebook link in the back of her book. Since I had to wait for book two, I
liked her page and right before release of book two, she announced she was
picked up by a publisher and it threw me off so much. I couldn't understand what
that meant because I thought since I read her book on my Kindle and bought it
from the Kindle store...it WAS published. Once she explained what it all meant,
I was like....WHAT! I can do this myself!? I'm on it!

The Haters -
Yeah. I've had a few people try and bring me down...but they are some big
reasons why I keep going and wanted to prove that I COULD do this crazy thing
called being an author. So HAH. I did it. And I'm going to keep doing it. :P

Patrick Ness -
Another author who I want to be like when I grow up. This man is the King of
Plot Twists. I just...there are no words. I want to mess with people's minds
like he did to me!

My Husband - He
never once told me to reconsider this journey and for that, I am sooo thankful.
Especially when I am running off four Monster Energy Drinks and five hours of
sleep after three days and I'm kind of terrifying. Thanks babe.

Virtual Life - Once upon a time when the Internet first came out
and forums were a big thing...I, along with a few other young girls, formed
this little online group called Virtual Life.
Basically, we all had our own family that we wrote about every day and
sometimes we even crossed over families when it came to relationships and such.
We saved all our files on floppy disks...it was THAT long ago. It really was my
first taste of writing long and thought out stories. I WISH I still had those
floppies!

Sarah Ashley Jones was raised in San Diego, California, but currently wrangles her husband and three dogs in Clarksville, Tennessee. When she’s not writing she works in a pottery studio and comes home covered in paint on a daily basis. She has a slightly unhealthy obsession with cupcakes and chapstick. She is an eternal optimist and can often be found dancing and singing to music at any given time. It’s rare to see her not smiling or laughing, but if you do, just bring her a cupcake and it will cheer her up. Her huge imagination was always in overdrive as a child and now she is beyond excited to put it to good use as an adult. She plans to write as long as she has stories that need to be told.

Friday, March 21, 2014

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Becca Langer was not a normal girl, she didn't have normal girl problems. For most of her life, she’s had to take care of herself, her younger brother Chad, and her drunk mother. She’s lived under the shadow of what her father did when she was ten years old. Forever branded by his actions.

College was her escape, she could get away and finally live. Her dream was to make it in the New York Ballet Company one day. That for her meant a long road full of hard work and dedication. She didn't have time for distractions, and Levi Klein was definitely a distraction.
Will Levi be able to crack through her tough exterior and really see the wounded soul underneath? Becca needs to be loved, but the question is, will she let Levi love her?

Jessica Gibson is a recovering bookaholic, she's down from four books a week to a more reasonable one. It was that love of words and creativity that made her dream about writing her first book. That dream was hidden for years, always put on the back burner, filed away in the "someday" section, until her husband Matt gave her the kick in the pants she needed to actually get off her butt and write.

Jessica and Matt live in Southern California and have a serious addiction to reality tv shows like Pawn Stars and American Restoration. They have one son and hope to add to the family in the near future.
Aside from writing, she runs an online event planning business called the Release Day Diva. In addition to novels, Jessica writes and maintains the blog Book on the Bright Side. Keep up with Jessica and her latest releases and events on her blog.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

We are dying to share the trailer for Fisher Amelie's FURY! FURY is a Mature Young Adult/New Adult contemporary romance novel and is a part of Fisher Amelie’s Seven Deadly Series. Watch the trailer below, then make sure to add it to your TBR pile!!

COVER REVEAL COMING SOON!!!

FURY Synopsis:
This is Ethan Moonsong's book. Synopsis to be revealed at a later date.

Fisher Amelie Bio:

Fisher Amelie is the author of The Leaving Series, Callum& Harper and Thomas & January. She began her writing career as a copywriter for an internet marketing company wherein one of their client's said, 'Hey! You're funny. You should write books'. Which in turn she said, 'Hey, get out of here! This is the lady's restroom.' While washing her hands and the embarrassment from her face, she thought they may have had a valid point. So, she took the thousands of hours of writing stories growing up, tucked them into her pocket and began writing and writing and writing.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Fans of K.A. Tucker's Ten Tiny Breaths, we have a SUPER exciting announcement:

On September 1, 2014, Atria is releasing a PREQUEL NOVELLA to Ten Tiny Breaths that tells the story from Trent's point of view! It's called IN HER WAKE, and we cannot wait one more breath to read it!

About IN HER WAKE:Cole Reynolds had it all. And then one night he makes a bad choice... and loses everything.
When a drunken night out at a Michigan State college party results in the death of six people, Cole must come to terms with his part in the tragedy. Normally, he'd be able to lean on his best friends. The best friends that have been in his life since he could barely walk. Only, they're gone. Worse, there's the shattered body of a sixteen-year-old girl lying somewhere in a hospital bed, her entire life ripped from her because of a case of beer and a set of keys.
Everyone assures him that they know it wasn't intentional and yet he can't ignore the weight of their gazes, the whispers behind his back. The all-consuming guilt he feels every time he thinks of that girl who won't so much as allow him near her hospital room to apologize. As the months go by and the shame and loneliness festers, Cole begins to lose his grip of what once was important-college, his girlfriend, his future. His life. It's not until Cole hits rock-bottom that he can begin to see another way out of his personal hell: forgiveness.
And there's only one person who can give that to him...

About FOUR SECONDS TO LOSE:
Owning a strip club isn’t the fantasy most guys expect it to be. With long hours, a staff with enough issues to keep a psych ward in business, and the police regularly on his case, twenty-nine year old Cain is starting to second guess his unspoken mission to save the women he employs. And then blond, brown-eyed Charlie Rourke walks through his door, and things get really complicated. Cain abides by a strict “no sleeping with the staff” rule. But being around Charlie challenges Cain’s self-control…and it’s been a long time since any woman has done that.
Twenty-two-year old Charlie Rourke needs a lot of money, really fast, in order to vanish before it’s too late. Taking her clothes off for men makes her stomach curl but Charlie tells herself that at least she’s putting her acting anddancing skills to good use. And though her fellow dancers seem eager to nab their sexy, sophisticated, and genuinely caring boss, she’s not interested. After all, Charlie Rourke doesn’t really exist—and the girl pretending to be her doesn’t need to complicate her life with romance.
Unfortunately, Charlie soon discovers that developing feelings for Cain is inevitable, that those feelings may not be unrequited—but losing him when he finds out what she’s involved with will be more painful than any other sentence awaiting her.

ABOUT K.A. TUCKER:

Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.

Friday, March 14, 2014

In the second book of The Trust Me? Trilogy, Jeni Taylor and Aiden O’Connell seemed to find life challenging, but as the third book begins, we are faced with the idea that maybe they may not get their Happily Ever After. Jeni is broken and confused after a vicious physical and emotional attack, leaving her with no energy to fight for her relationship with Aiden. She’s terrified and feels like the world is against her. Through some tough love and help from an old friend Jeni finally realises how deeply in love with Aiden she is. She asks him to take her back, but when she discovers Aiden is moving to help run a new business acquisition in Tokyo, is it too late?

Alistair’s taunts and abuse toward Jeni worsen, leaving her already broken and fragile state to deteriorate even further. Will Jeni find the strength to pull her life back together? With jealousy over a possible new love and with tensions high, the conclusion to The Trust Me? Trilogy will take you on a rollercoaster ride. The electricity and love between Jeni and Aiden is undeniable. Will they see past all the hurdles and find their way to each other? In the end, Jeni will be asking the ultimate question: Does Aiden know that he really does have all of me?

K E Osborn was born in September 1984 and raised in Adelaide South Australia. She had a love of writing throughout High School but went down a different path choosing graphic design instead. It wasn't until she had a vivid dream about a three car pile up that the characters of her first book came to life.Aiden and Jeni are the amazing couple from the Trust me? Trilogy and they were born into the world through the imagination of K E Osborn in 2013.